Euro-Barometer 8: Men, Women and Work Roles in Europe, November 1977 (ICPSR 7604)

Citation

Rabier, Jacques-Rene, and Inglehart, Ronald. Euro-Barometer 8: Men, Women and Work Roles in Europe, November 1977. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2015-05-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07604.v2

Summary

This round of Euro-Barometer surveys queried respondents on
standard Euro-Barometer measures, such as how satisfied they were with
their present life, whether they attempted to persuade others close to
them to share their views on subjects they held strong opinions about,
whether they discussed political matters, what their country's goals
should be for the next ten years, and how they viewed the need for
societal change. Additional questions focused on the respondents'
knowledge of and opinions on the European Community (EC), including
how well-informed they felt about the EC, what sources of information
about the EC they used, whether their country had benefited from being
an EC member, and the extent of their personal interest in EC
matters. Another major focus of the surveys was men's and women's work
roles in Europe. A number of questions were asked about satisfaction
with work and feelings about retirement. The satisfaction of
housewives with their work and their possible desire for work outside
the home was also explored. Other questions probed the respondents'
feelings about men helping with housework and the role of women as
active participants in politics. Another major focus of the surveys
was attitudes toward the forthcoming European Parliamentary
elections. Demographic information for each respondent includes
education, occupation, organizational memberships and activities,
marital status, age, and sex, as well as occupation of head of
household, and composition of household. In addition to the survey
itself, the ICPSR version of the study contains constructed indices on
materialist/post-materialist values, left-right partisan vote, and
cognitive mobilization (an indicator of an individual's potential to
take an active role in the political process). Euro-Barometer 8
contains data gathered from representative samples of respondents aged
15 or older interviewed in each of the nine nations of the EC
(Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg,
Ireland, and the Netherlands) in November 1977.

Citation

Rabier, Jacques-Rene, and Inglehart, Ronald. Euro-Barometer 8: Men, Women and Work Roles in Europe, November 1977. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2015-05-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07604.v2

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Time Period(s)

1977-10 -- 1977-11

Date of Collection

1977-10 -- 1977-11

Data Collection Notes

Access to GESIS data and documentation, including the GESIS DOI, for Eurobarometer 8 can be found through the GESIS Data Catalogue. Additional information on the Eurobarometer Survey Series and the Eurobarometer data can be found at the GESIS Eurobarometer Web site and ZACAT, respectively.

The rural population was
underrepresented in the French sample. The French weight variable
should be used to produce a completely representative sample with
respect to the criteria of sex, age, and occupation.

The text of the British questionnaire was used in
constructing the codebook.

Sample

The sampling designs were either multistage national
probability samples (Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands) or national
stratified quota samples (France, Germany, Great Britain [including
Northern Ireland], Italy, Ireland, and Luxembourg).

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Citizens of the EC aged 15 and over residing in Belgium,
Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
and the Netherlands.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Source

personal interviews

Data Type(s)

survey data

Mode of Data Collection

Original Release Date

1984-06-27

Version Date

2015-05-13

Version History

2015-05-13 The SPSS setup files were updated to conform to current standards. SAS and Stata setup files, as well as SPSS and Stata system files, a SAS transport (CPORT) file, a R data file, a tab-delimited data file, and a PDF codebook have been added to the collection.

1984-06-27 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Weight

The data are not weighted, however, there are three weight variable, V5 (EURO-WEIGHTS), V6 (FRENCH WEIGHT VAR), and V7 (UK WEIGHT VAR) that users may wish to use during analysis. For additional information please see the "Original ICPSR Documentation, 1980 Release" in the ICPSR codebook.

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.

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